Active Directory Jobs in Staffordshire

Microsoft Active Directory
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Staffordshire requiring Active Directory skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Active Directory over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 16 10
Rank change year-on-year -14 -6 0
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 36 90 75
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 5.79% 8.20% 14.04%
As % of the System Software category 55.38% 60.81% 70.09%
Number of salaries quoted 32 67 71
10th Percentile £26,250 £23,500 £23,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £24,625 £26,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £30,000 £34,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -13.04% +11.29%
75th Percentile £37,500 £51,500 £42,500
90th Percentile £41,975 £53,750 £45,375
West Midlands median annual salary £35,000 £35,000 £36,250
% change year-on-year - -3.45% -9.38%

All System Software Skills
Staffordshire

Active Directory falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring system software skills in Staffordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 65 148 107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 10.45% 13.48% 20.04%
Number of salaries quoted 42 110 83
10th Percentile £26,400 £23,500 £23,545
25th Percentile £32,500 £27,500 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +6.25% -
75th Percentile £48,787 £52,500 £45,000
90th Percentile £53,688 £56,375 £52,250
West Midlands median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% - -2.41%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

Job postings citing Active Directory as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Staffordshire

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Staffordshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in Staffordshire.

Salary trend for Active Directory in Staffordshire

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in Staffordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Staffordshire over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in Staffordshire

Active Directory
Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Stoke-on-Trent +7 27 £35,000 +16.67% 3
Tamworth +7 7 £27,500 -6.78% 2
Leek - 1 £51,447 -
Active Directory
West Midlands

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.78%) SharePoint
Applications
1 20 (55.56%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (30.56%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 13 (36.11%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (30.56%) Azure
2 11 (30.56%) Google Workspace
3 4 (11.11%) Entra ID
4 2 (5.56%) Power Automate
4 2 (5.56%) SaaS
5 1 (2.78%) OneDrive
5 1 (2.78%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.78%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 13 (36.11%) Firewall
2 11 (30.56%) BGP
2 11 (30.56%) DHCP
2 11 (30.56%) DNS
2 11 (30.56%) OSPF
2 11 (30.56%) TCP/IP
2 11 (30.56%) VLAN
2 11 (30.56%) WLAN
3 9 (25.00%) LAN
3 9 (25.00%) WAN
4 3 (8.33%) SAN
5 1 (2.78%) Network Security
5 1 (2.78%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.56%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.78%) MySQL
2 1 (2.78%) Power BI
General
1 22 (61.11%) Social Skills
2 11 (30.56%) Automotive
2 11 (30.56%) Retail
3 10 (27.78%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.78%) Advertising
4 1 (2.78%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (2.78%) Law
4 1 (2.78%) Legal
Job Titles
1 13 (36.11%) Infrastructure Support
1 13 (36.11%) IT Engineer
2 12 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
3 11 (30.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 10 (27.78%) Support Engineer
5 9 (25.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 5 (13.89%) IT Support
6 5 (13.89%) IT Support Technician
6 5 (13.89%) IT Technician
6 5 (13.89%) Support Technician
7 4 (11.11%) 1st Line Support
7 4 (11.11%) Infrastructure Support Technician
7 4 (11.11%) Infrastructure Technician
8 2 (5.56%) Active Directory Engineer
9 1 (2.78%) Active Directory Support
9 1 (2.78%) Active Directory Support Engineer
9 1 (2.78%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
9 1 (2.78%) IT Systems Administrator
9 1 (2.78%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
9 1 (2.78%) Network Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (38.89%) Management Information System
2 11 (30.56%) Smartphone
3 5 (13.89%) Driving Licence
4 2 (5.56%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 32 (88.89%) Windows
2 26 (72.22%) Windows Server
3 18 (50.00%) Linux
4 16 (44.44%) Windows 10
5 12 (33.33%) Windows Server 2016
5 12 (33.33%) Windows Server 2019
6 11 (30.56%) Mac OS X
6 11 (30.56%) Ubuntu
7 5 (13.89%) Windows 7
8 1 (2.78%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (30.56%) Business Case
1 11 (30.56%) Computer Science
1 11 (30.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 11 (30.56%) Performance Tuning
1 11 (30.56%) Systems Engineering
2 6 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (8.33%) Incident Management
3 3 (8.33%) Information Security
4 2 (5.56%) Change Management
4 2 (5.56%) Customer Service
4 2 (5.56%) ITIL
4 2 (5.56%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (5.56%) SIEM
5 1 (2.78%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (2.78%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (2.78%) E-Discovery
5 1 (2.78%) Server Management
5 1 (2.78%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (2.78%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 21 (58.33%) SQL
2 14 (38.89%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 21 (58.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 20 (55.56%) MCSE
3 14 (38.89%) Degree
4 11 (30.56%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (30.56%) HNC
4 11 (30.56%) HND
5 10 (27.78%) MCP
6 9 (25.00%) A+ Certification
6 9 (25.00%) MCSA
7 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Certified Master
7 1 (2.78%) SC Cleared
7 1 (2.78%) Security Cleared
7 1 (2.78%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (5.56%) NIST
2 1 (2.78%) COBIT
2 1 (2.78%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (2.78%) GDPR
2 1 (2.78%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (13.89%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (5.56%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (2.78%) Nessus
1 1 (2.78%) WSUS
Vendors
1 34 (94.44%) Microsoft
2 12 (33.33%) Dell
2 12 (33.33%) Ubiquiti
3 11 (30.56%) Apple
3 11 (30.56%) Cisco
3 11 (30.56%) Fortinet
3 11 (30.56%) Google
4 7 (19.44%) VMware
5 1 (2.78%) EMC
5 1 (2.78%) NetApp
5 1 (2.78%) Netskope
5 1 (2.78%) Nimble Storage
5 1 (2.78%) SonicWALL